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How a Czech 'super-spy' infiltrated the CIA

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Ex-KGB sleeper agent Karel Koecher worked for the CIA during the cold war. After spending years feeding information to the Russians, he was caught in 1986, jailed and then exchanged in a prisoner swap. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianEx-KGB sleeper agent Karel Koecher worked for the CIA during the cold war. After spending years feeding information to the Russians, he was caught in 1986, jailed and then exchanged in a prisoner swap. Read More...

I am in emotional and financial freefall after my husband left me

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Dear MariellaDivorceHe’s behaved terribly – but you must abandon your sense of injustice, says Mariella Frostrup The dilemma My husband of 10 years left me last year. It has been horrendous since. Our two children (eight and four) have not taken it well and have developed separation anxiety. My ex-husband has a busy job, so 99% of the childcare falls to me. When the children cry for him and I’ve asked him to see them, he says he has plans. Read More...

I was offered $35m for one days work: George Clooney on paydays, politics and parenting | G

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‘The whole country has been engaged in hate and anger, and I’ve been part of it’ … George Clooney. Photograph: Magdalena Wosinska/New York Times/Redux/eyevine‘The whole country has been engaged in hate and anger, and I’ve been part of it’ … George Clooney. Photograph: Magdalena Wosinska/New York Times/Redux/eyevineGeorge ClooneyInterview‘I was offered $35m for one day’s work’: George Clooney on paydays, politics and parentingHadley FreemanThe Oscar-winner discusses directing the coming-of-age drama The Tender Bar, raising twins in a pandemic and choosing causes over cash George Clooney is smoother than a cup of one of those Nespresso coffees he has advertised for two decades and for which has earned a highly caffeinated £30m-plus. Read More...